Books: Club-Murder

MURDER AT BRATTOX GRANGEJohn RhodeDodd, Mead ($2). When Sir Hector
Davidson was found dead with a metal file driven through his heart,
only one person was seriously suspected, Guy Davidson, the heir.
First the police charged Guy with the murder; then even Dr. Priestley,
famed criminologist whom Guy summoned, found sufficient
circumstantial evidence to make the prosecution think it had a clear
case. However, by calmly assuming the guilt, Guy was able, on a
technicality, to go free. Afterward Dr. Priestley, discovering how the
murder really happened, forebore to reveal his knowledge to...